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    Triple Eight's

    3.1 (115 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Open 10:30 am - 10:30 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Robert A.

    We stopped in Springfield because friends kept saying how good the cashew chicken was. We looked into it and found it was invented here. We tried to go to the recommended restaurant where the chef owned but it was closed. We took a chance on triple eights and weren't disappointed. We ordered two Reg cashew chicken dinners and an order of chicken fried rice. Good portions all around and very tasty. I did expect more from the cashew chicken as ours seemed like the chicken was Popeyes but still good. The crab Rangoons were awesome plump and full of filling and not over cooked. The service was very attentive a lot more than I would have thought they would be so two thumbs up for them. The restaurant was very friendly well lit and comfy. We r looking forward to our next trip to explore the city and try more dishes here

    What I ordered: Pork I'm sauce with boiled egg and bokchoy
    Paul P.

    Currently sampling their menu. Food has been good, but rarely matches the menu description or photo. Can recommend the pork belly, cannot recommend beef stew. The Thai pork dish pictured here is what I ordered vs what I got.

    甜酸松鼠魚,this is deep fried fish we ordered it from the traditional Chinese menu that was very good, and boneless.
    Teresa F.

    Very accommodating, because of my allergies I asked took it out, they very accommodating. Ordered these from the traditional Chinese menu. You have to ask for it. It's very very good. 我和我老公,很高興找到除了corner 21 有北方菜, 我們又有台灣菜 more choice. Now if we 正中廣東菜 will be great. But still good news in Springfield to have one more authentic different regions of Chinese food

    Susan D.

    Triple Eight's is the typical Springfield style Chinese food. It's fast, cheap and tasty enough to be my cousin and my auntie's favorite take-out Chinese joint. For me, I thought it was tasty but since I'm not used to eating Chinese food like this anymore, I have to say it's not my thing more than once a year when I'm home for the holidays to visit. It does taste good. And you can get a meal starting at 3.99 that with rice, crab ragoons and your entree... that's pretty amazing. Might see ya there again, next year.

    Semi-off-menu attempt at laziji, or Chongqing-style dry-fried crispy chicken. Directionally accurate, at least--and the best I've had in SGF
    Chris L.

    OK! Now we're getting somewhere. For a city I think I've heard has more Chinese restaurants per capita than anywhere else in the country, I've been woefully dismayed with the quality of Chinese food in this town. Most severely underrepresented are some of the highlights of regional Chinese cuisine that I've come to love, like two of my favorites: 小笼包 (xiaolongbao, Shanghainese soup dumplings made popular in Taiwan) and 辣子鸡 (laziji, Chongqing-style dry-fried chicken). I guess I was spoiled living in Pittsburgh because we had pretty darn good and faithful representations of both (I basically lived at Everyday Noodle and Chengdu Gourmet). Before moving here, I had held out faint hope that there might be some semi-authentic representation of those cuisines at the very least. It turns out those hopes were in vain, lost among an endless sea of way-too-sickly-sweet cashew chicken plates from joint after joint after joint on virtually every street corner in the entire city. Triple Eights had been recommended to me by some local Yelpers as having an authentic Chinese menu, and so I was on my way to the nearby Tortilleria Perches for a torta when I decided to see if Triple Eights' authentic menu had anything resembling what I was hoping for. The first encouraging sign is that a menu I found via Google had a "Chinese" section...and it was all in Chinese characters. Some Google Translate work confirmed the presence of mapo tofu, which is an authentic dish that wouldn't be expected at an inauthentic place. There were also a couple of other dishes that Google translated as "crispy chicken" or "spicy chicken," though none seemed to actually use the characters for laziji. I hoped, though, that maybe they knew of the dish and could make it. Upon entering, I wasn't 100% sure that I had made the right choice, seeing as how the person manning the counter was very white. I decided to continue, though, because you just never know, right? I spotted the authentic Chinese menu, this time with pictures and words in English, stacked next to the cash register. Unfortunately, none of the ten or 12 dishes on the menu quite looked like what I was seeking, and so I asked the cashier if they had laziji, Chongqing dry-fried crispy chicken. She admitted she didn't know what I was asking about, but she immediately piped up that she would be happy to check, and I saw her go back and speak with an older woman of Chinese ethnicity. The older woman came out and it first recommended one dish, but then it was clear it wasn't quite what I was looking for. I showed her some pictures of what I had ordered in Beijing, and she commented it seemed similarly made as kung pao chicken. She assured me she would make it as similarly to my picture as possible, so I took the plunge. While the result wasn't quite what I was hoping for, it was actually pretty good, although the chicken didn't quite have the level of crispiness that the real dish demands, and the hallmark of Sichuanese cuisine--the flavors and spiciness of the mala and chili oil--was missing. The older woman came back to check on me and I said it was good but I was looking for something that kind of had a taste like mapo tofu (which I knew they had on their menu). She said I could ask them to drizzle the mapo tofu sauce over the chicken next time, which sounded good, but then I guess I said the magic word--that the chicken was from Sichuan province. Her eyes lit up as she said that her husband's family was Sichuanese and she knew just what I was looking for and whisked my plate out from under me. I then heard her shouting into the kitchen a lot of stuff about "mala," and I knew that she was speaking my language. Some sauce came out and was drizzled over my dish. As soon as she returned, I instantly got an aroma that confirmed what I had suspected. I bit into a piece and my taste buds were transported--well, maybe not all the way back to China, but at least to somewhere between here and Sichuan province. Maybe somewhere over Taiwan (where the owner is from). The chicken wasn't crispy enough. It was missing the typical scallions, garlic, cilantro, and ginger. It was too light on the mala and oil. But in this moment, it was heaven. At least a hint of the taste I sought was present. I'll give it another whirl soon now that they know what I'm looking for. And I might try some of the other things from their authentic menu. Perhaps someday the population base here in SGF will come to appreciate real authentic cuisine instead of a so-Americanized-it's-not-even version...and perhaps we can then support a true Sichuanese outlet here. Unfortunately, I won't hold my breath for that, but perhaps Triple Eights will be an adequate stopgap measure.

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    11 years ago

    Worse Springfield style cashew chicken I have ever had. Crab Rangoon was equally bad. Really nothing to recommend about this location.

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    Great egg drop soup. Cashew was not spicy but fresh

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    I love this place! Cheap prices and great food! Friendly emoloyees! I highly recommend eating here when you crave Chinese food

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    1st time I tried it was good,next 2 times it was bad,,chicken reheated,could tell because chicken was dried out....Won't go back...

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    Best Kung Pao chicken in the area You get crab Rangoon to…read moregot with many of their dinners

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    This is the slow cooked duck and squid with clearly off the chinese menu both delicious!
    This is the slow cooked duck and squid with clearly off the chinese menu both delicious!
    Squid with celery
    Squid with celery
    Slow roasted duck - comes right off the bone yum yum

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